DevelopmentSources: Primary source + 2 independent reports
Google DeepMind releases Gemini 3.8 Live audio models
Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new speech-to-speech audio models for developers. The models reportedly lead the Artificial Analysis speech-to-speech leaderboard and are offered at $1.38 per hour of voice conversation to undercut OpenAI's GPT-Live-1. Claims are as reported; this summary makes no determination about accuracy or significance.
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- Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended ThinkingGoogle DeepMind · Primary source ·
- Google’s new speech model Gemini 3.8 Live supports real-time reasoningSiliconANGLE · Independent reporting ·
- Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live to take on OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 at a fraction of the costThe Decoder · Independent reporting ·